{"data":{"id":"us-gu/10-gca-91103","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"10 GCA § 91103","heading":"Declaration Concerning Life-Sustaining Treatment; Execution Requirements.","body":"(a) An individual of sound mind and 18 or more years of age may execute at any time a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. The declaration shall be a separate document and not a part of another document nor contained on a piece of paper containing some other document, shall be signed by the declarant, or another at the declarant's direction and in the declarant's presence, and witnessed by two individuals neither of whom may be a person who is entitled to any portion of the estate of the qualified patient upon his or her death under any will or codicil thereto of the qualified patient existing at the time of execution of the declaration or by operation of law. In addition, a health care provider, an employee of a health care provider, the operator of a community care facility, an employee of an operator of a community care facility, the operator of a residential care facility for the elderly, or an employee of an operator of a residential care facility for the elderly may not be a witness.\n(b) A declaration shall substantially contain the following provisions: DECLARATION\nIf I should have an incurable and irreversible condition that\nhas been diagnosed by two physicians and that will result in my\ndeath within a relatively short time without the administration of\nlife-sustaining treatment or has produced an irreversible coma or\npersistent vegetative state, and I am no longer able to make deci-\nsions regarding my medical treatment, I direct my attending\nphysician, pursuant to the Natural Death Act of Guam, to with-\nhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment that only prolongs the\nprocess of dying or the irreversible coma or persistent vegetative\nstate and is not necessary for my comfort, nutrition, hydration or\nto alleviate pain.\nIf I have been diagnosed as pregnant, and that diagnosis is\nknown to my physician, this declaration shall have no force or\neffect during my pregnancy.\nSigned ______ this day of ________, _____\nSignature________________________________\nAddress_________________________________\nThe declarant voluntarily signed this writing in my presence.\nI am not entitled to any portion of the estate of the declarant upon\nhis or her death under any will or codicil thereto of the declarant\nnow existing or by operation of law. I am not a health care pro-\nvider, an employee of a health care provider, the operator of a\ncommunity care facility, an employee of an operator of a commu-\nnity care facility, the operator of a residential care facility for the\nelderly, or an employee of an operator of a residential care facility\nfor the elderly.\nWitness___________Witness_____________\nAddress____________ Address___________\n(c) A physician or other health care provider who is furnished a copy of the declaration shall make it a part of the declarant's medical record and, if unwilling to comply with the declaration, promptly so advise the declarant.\n(d) A declaration may be made by parents or other adults who are legally responsible for a minor patient who is neither married nor emancipated.","path":["Title 10: Health and Safety","Division 4 - Guam Health Act","Chapter 91: Natural Death Act"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/10gc091.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T03:10:08Z","sha256":"2ba9a357235101b4e0432c5dc17c8014a4e4330f678ec35145fa03b2360b2bb5","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/10-gca-91102","next":"us-gu/10-gca-91104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}